The Official 'TANAKA' Thread

[Stradling]

The Yankees just saved 25m..our chances just dropped from around 20% to 5%.

The Yankees still would like to be under the CBT, and if they sign Tanaka they won't be. I still think it will come down to the Angels, Mariners and Yankees. With Seattle being the favorites in my opinion.

[Brent Maguire]

I thought he pitched well down the stretch? That must have been 2012. I figured if we are throwing names around like Maholm and Capuano, why not Zito.

Yeah that was 2012 when he also pitched well in the playoffs.

 

His numbers were just as bad as Blanton's last year. 

[Stradling]

Ok. I have a hard time keeping up with the NL when I spend all day on here, haha.

[Halos of Anaheim]

The Yankees still would like to be under the CBT, and if they sign Tanaka they won't be. I still think it will come down to the Angels, Mariners and Yankees. With Seattle being the favorites in my opinion.

Tanaka isn't getting more than 25m a year. More than likely he gets around 22-23m a year without the posting fee, a 7 year/181m contract (including 20m posting fee) which is 25 AAV. I think they can work some restructures if they want to shed 500k'ish. It will come down to the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Mariners & the Cubs.

[Scott34]

As much as I adore Tanaka, I have a hard time believing that a team would drop 200M on an unproven commodity.

[Curmudgeonly]

Tanaka isn't getting more than 25m a year. More than likely he gets around 22-23m a year without the posting fee, a 7 year/181m contract (including 20m posting fee) which is 25 AAV. I think they can work some restructures if they want to shed 500k'ish. It will come down to the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Mariners & the Cubs.

 

Yankees aren't under the CBT yet, even after the 25 million they save not paying A-Rod. Paying Tanaka and being under the CBT is not possible for them.

[Halos of Anaheim]

Yankees aren't under the CBT yet, even after the 25 million they save not paying A-Rod. Paying Tanaka and being under the CBT is not possible for them.

Are you sure about that? 

[Brent Maguire]

Ok. I have a hard time keeping up with the NL when I spend all day on here, haha.

That's why people like me are here 

[floplag]

i admit some surprise at not seeing SEA on the list.. getting him is the only way all the other moves they made make any sense unless they are planning wholesale trades.

 

Unless they already have something on the table considering their ties to Japan...

 

Im on record as saying i think he ends up in Sea... ill stand by it till he signs i guess but the situation is evolving for sure.

[Curmudgeonly]

Are you sure about that? 

 

I did some more digging to be sure, as I was basing this off of something I read this morning. They are actually under it currently ($151 million), so my bad there. But they have several players under arbitration and if they pay Tanaka anywhere close to what people think he will receive, it's unlikely they will stay under it.

[SoWhat]

Angels are among finalist

@osaki_makkura: According to hochi Tanaka has narrowed his choice to frontrunner #Yankees and 2 warm weather teams #Dodgers & #Angles http://t.co/WV9IM7fjO2

[Thomas]

LA Marine Layer > Anaheim Marine Layer

Edge, Angels

[Scott34]

Angels are among finalist

@osaki_makkura: According to hochi Tanaka has narrowed his choice to frontrunner #Yankees and 2 warm weather teams #Dodgers & #Angles http://t.co/WV9IM7fjO2

 

Huge.

[Ohtaniland]

Who are the Angles?

[floplag]

yeah not gonna happen... now that the Yankees have that nice extra 20 mil he goes there.. book it...  but hey its good for baseball right? 
/puke

[halomatt]

Who are the Angles?

Don't be so obtuse!

[Brent Maguire]

I figured they would be a top 3 finalist for him. Let the games begin.

[Scott34]

2 things to keep in mind:

 

The Angels have #18 open, something the Yankees won't be able to offer.

Tanaka's wife is an actress.  I think this will come down to the Angels and Dodgers.

[tdawg87]

I'm guessing the Dodgers will get him. But man would I love for the Angels to pull this off. Someone tell him he would be the number 4 in the Dodgers rotation and the number 3 in the Angels rotation.

[Homebrewer]

2 things to keep in mind:

 

The Angels have #18 open, something the Yankees won't be able to offer.

Tanaka's wife is an actress.  I think this will come down to the Angels and Dodgers.

Cool. Arte can bring in Chuck Finley to advise Tanaka on how to make that work.

[Brent Maguire]

Going into the season, he wouldn't be the #1 here but I think there would be a good chance he ends up being the #1 by the end of the year.

[Ohtaniland]

2 things to keep in mind:

 

The Angels have #18 open, something the Yankees won't be able to offer.

Tanaka's wife is an actress.  I think this will come down to the Angels and Dodgers.

 

I'm sure that Dodgers back-up catcher #18 Tim Federowicz will understand. 

[Scott34]

I'm sure that Dodgers back-up catcher #18 Tim Federowicz will understand. 

 

Which is why I didn't mention them.

[Stradling]

This is great. I sure hope he hates batting.

[Ohtaniland]

This is great. I sure hope he hates batting.

 

I'm thinking that he would really take the overall pitching staff into consideration.

 

Kershaw

Greinke

Ryu

Tanaka

Fife-Haren-Billingsley-Beckett

 

Would be pretty amazing.